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Black people won because:
“[They] have settled beyond question that no State may require racial segregation of interstate or intrastate transportation facilities.”

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/369/31.html

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"[Black People] living in Jackson, Mississippi, brought this civil rights action in a Federal District Court on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated"
(instead of Black People the actual court case said "Negroes", this is only one example of how intense the racial discrimination was at this time)

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/369/31.html

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United States Supreme Court                       Case:

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United States Supreme Court                       Case:

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BAILEY v. PATTERSON, (1962)

No. 643

Argued:     Decided: February 26, 1962

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Yes, there is no legal discrimination of race anymore. (Also not in the public transportation services)
Apart from that we have not reached complete racial equality for example in wealth and education though

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This court case had an impact on today because nowadays racial segregation is illegal and all Americans have the same rights. It does not matter what color you are. There are no segregated public transport services anymore.

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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
-Martin Luther King Jr 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

Martin Luther King Jr was one of the most important figures in the Civil Rights movement, he strongly believed in non-violent protest

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Barack Obama
Presidency from 2008 to 2016

This was only possible thanks to all the people who fought for equal rights.

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TITLE I--VOTING RIGHTS
-> Equal voter registration requirements

TITLE II--INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
-> Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce

TITLE III--DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES
-> Recommend desegregation of public schools

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97&page=transcript

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President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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"The Civil Rights Law, a Johnson legacy, affected the nation profoundly as it for the first time prohibited discrimination in employment and businesses of public accommodation on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin."

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/civil-rights-act-50-year-anniversary_n_5119723.html

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Goal:
End racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans